Bloggers Everywhere Are Discussing...

Websites have become a huge source of information for people all over the world. Organizations, companies, politicians, all create websites in order to get their message out there. One website that is currently gaining a lot of increased attention, and is sure to gain more, is www.recreate68.org. This organization is prepared to recreate the outcome of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, if they do not get the results that they want. The mayor of the Chicago was aware that there would possibly be a number of disruptions and while he declared that, “law and order will be maintained,” it did not happen. The 2008 Democratic National Convention that will be held in Denver this summer is already making preparations to secure the area in an attempt to keep disturbances down. The disturbances at the 1968 Convention even became violent between police and protesters, why they would glorify that by naming their organization after that event I have no idea. The website does not claim to have those plans; it is more that they are demanding to have their voices heard. However, generally speaking I do not think that violent protests are really ever planned or intended, they just happen. Moreover, the main activists within this organization have created quite a ruckus in their past protests. There is no telling what will happen with this protest if it does in fact get off the ground.

While it has yet to garner a large amount of notice from the major news sources, but is slowly catching on, bloggers have been on top of this developing story. Still, a lot of people may not consider bloggers to be serious and legitimate journalists, but who can claim that their news source and opinions are any less credible? In this case and many others, bloggers are noticing these developments and dissecting stories way before the major news sources. I think that this is helping to increase the amount of legitimacy blogs receive. This story has been covered in well known blog spots such as The Huffington Post all the way down to lesser known individuals who run their blog on their own. The Denver Post commented on the potential protest in June of 2007, and bloggers have been discussing it since, and providing updates especially by those running the blogs and are involved in the group in some capacity. It will be interesting to see how this stories play out and if bloggers are on to something…